Yes, but that probably doesn't help in the next few years. (Expecting a few more fireballs)
They may need to seriously up the Falcon9 launch cadence or switch back to gen 1 sats. (Unless the better capabilities of the gen 2 sats mean they need less up there - I thought that the number was more due to low coverage due to altitude though)
It's only junk if they are useless, which the functional satellites are definitely not.
I think the dead ones come down pretty quick, can't remember what the exact timing is from their full orbit though. (It's weeks from their launch orbit)
I think the current problem is that as the gen 2 satellites are bigger and heavier they can't launch as many.
TLDR: probably no RIC until Austin. No guaranteed seet for LAW. Red bull second seat undecided.
Sounds like not enough staff due to budget cuts. They probably assume the big developers are going to play nice and one bend the rules in an 'acceptable' way....
Clickbait title though...
I mean, the missing car part should have been obvious from the day the foundations went in...
In general agreement though, it looks like they cut a lot of corners from the original application. Should have been flagged sooner though.
It's probably a fair point - any fire there is now going to be burning a while load of artificial materials instead (as well as) plants. I could see that being an issue if there was a big fire. (Much larger cost to the farmer too!)
What is the problem with it? It's a video encoding format right?
Maybe he is getting promoted to redbull 🤣
Are there any offset or carbon capture projects that are actually regarded as being good?
I would love to be able to carbon capture the carbon costs of holidays etc.
They really didn't do a good job of making that clear until the very end of the article.